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Auction Name Antiquarian and Collectors' Books Total Sales (GBP) 63,509.94
Auction Date April 24, 2024 - April 24, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 35,440.00
Sale Number #42424 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 54,070.00
Total Lots 240
Sold Lots 224 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 45,160.00
% of Lots Sold 93.33% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 68,970.00
Unsold Lots 16 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 92.08%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3103 James BURNEY.

A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean.

1803-1817. GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,237.00
3055 DONOVAN, Edward.

The Natural History of British Insects.

1792-1813. GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 1,992.00
3111 JONES, Owen (designer).

The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments, According to the Authorised Version.

circa 1860. GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,867.50
3049 PIPER, John.

Brighton Aquatints...with...an Introduction by Lord Alfred Douglas.

1939 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 1,618.50
3010 LE FANU, Joseph Sheridan.

The Purcell Papers... with a Memoir by Alfred Percival Graves.

1880 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,245.00
3074 Owen SIMMONS.

The Book of Bread.

1903 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,245.00
3045 CHURCHILL, Winston S.

The River War, an Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan.

1899 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,120.50
3220 CAMDEN, William.

Britannia, Newly Translated into English: with Large Additions and Improvements... by Edmund Gibson.

1695 GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,120.50
3102 John BULKELEY and John CUMMINS.

A Voyage to the South-Seas in 1740-1.

1743 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,058.25
3048 NASH, Paul (illustrator).

Genesis. Twelve Woodcuts by Paul Nash with the First Chapter of Genesis in the Authorised Version.

 1924 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 996.00
3110 [FOXE, John.]

[Actes and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church...

 1596-1597. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 996.00
3017 SIBLY, Ebenezer (editor).

An Universal System of Natural History, including the Natural History of Man; the Orang-Outang; and the Whole Tribe of Simia; all the Known Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, and Amphibious Animals... forming A Magnificent View of the Three Kingdoms of Nature.

1794-1808. GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 933.75
3062 BIBLE, In English.

The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongue And with the former Translations diligently compared and revised.

1619-1620. GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 871.50
3011 LE FANU, Joseph Sheridan.

The Watcher and Other Weird Stories.

1894 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 809.25
3107 BLIGH, William.

A Voyage to the South Sea, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's Ship The Bounty... Including an Account of the Mutiny on Board the Said Ship, and the Subsequent Voyage

 1792 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 809.25
3015 CAPEK, Karel.

R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots).

1923 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 747.00
3008 LE FANU, Jospeh Sheridan.

The Evil Guest.

1895 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 684.75
3085 A.H. GORDON.

Streets of Shanghai, a History in Itself.

1941 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 684.75
3109 BIBLE, In Latin.

[Biblia sacra, ad optima quaeque veteris et vulgatae translationis exemplaria... cum Hebraicorum, Caldoeorum et Graecorum nominum interpretation.

1566 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 684.75
3132 R.L. JARMAN (editor).

Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports. 1841-1941.

1996 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 684.75
3027 O'BRIAN, Patrick.

[A Complete set of the 'Aubrey-Maturin' novels.]

1970-1999. GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 622.50
3086 HORSE-CARRIAGES.

A Catalogue of the Valuable Stock and Property of Messrs. Hobson & Co. Coachmakers, Whose Partnership Has Become Dissolved by Effluxion of Time; Consisting of About One Hundred and Twenty Carriages... which Will be Sold by Auction, by Messrs. Foster and S

 1838 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 622.50
3044 CHURCHILL, Winston S.

Thoughts and Adventures.

1932 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 572.70
3125 John KEATS.

The Poetical Works... edited by Harry Buxton Forman.

1884 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 572.70
3141 Miss [Sarah] SMITH.

Studies of Flowers from Nature.

circa 1818. GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 560.25
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: ORWELL, George. ANIMAL FARM. London, Secker & Warburg, 1945. $8,000 to $12,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: MILNE, A.A. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London, Methuen, 1928. Deluxe limited edition. $3,000 to $4,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: TWAIN, Mark. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York, 1885. $1,000 to $1,500 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: RAND, Ayn. ATLAS SHRUGGED. Random House, New York, 1957. First edition. $800 to $1,200 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: [BAUM, L. Frank]. PICTURES FROM THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ By W.W. Denslow… Chicago, [1903]. $400 to $800 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: HELLER, Joseph. CATCH-22. London, Jonathan Cape, 1962. $400 to $600 AUD.
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